Local Waters
Ossipee Lake (Natural Area)
Ossipee, NH · about 80 min from Portland (typical, off-peak)
State natural-area shore on Ossipee — not a marina launch.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Legal. Trout sink. Dawn is the trip. Official rule
- License
- New Hampshire freshwater license
- Park
- Ossipee Lake Natural Area (DNCR) shore. Constitution Park shorebank in town. Private marinas are not this pin.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the signed public lot.
- Wading
- Confirm the bank and flow before you step in.
- Usual window
- Confirm the digest for this week.
- Monday conditions
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SW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:58 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:36
- Wind at dawn
- SW 3 mph · Mostly Sunny · 66°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 3 mph
- 10am: SW 8 mph
- 2pm: SW 12 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 5- or 6-wt unless the water is bigger.
- Notes
- Public DNCR / town shore. Salmon and bass. Confirm NHFG.
Stay on state and town shore. Do not use a private marina as a walk-in.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.